Page 10 ~UTURES First International Syncon Committee for the Future 2325 Porter St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 (202) 966-8776 ) For Oct. 22-26, 1975. Cape Canaveral, Fla. An officially recognized project of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, to bring together approximately 600 people representing a cross section of the world to explore constructive opportunities for humanity. .) c.-"- 'l._~i""- ' Mineral Resources and the Environment National Research Council National Academy of the Sciences 2101 Constitution Ave. Washington, D.C. 20418 This 348-page report comes up with some estimates of America's energy resources that undercut estimates made previously by the Dept. of the Interior. Including the estimate that the U.S. would run out of oil and natural gas (assuming the consumption remains the same) in 25 years and not the 40 to 60 years forecast by the government. The Futures Book Whole Futures Catalog Earthrise Box 120, Annex Station Providence, R.I. 02901 In preparation stage. A guide to futures research and study: curricula, futures design, organizations, tools and forecasting techniques, bibliographies. (Hoping for a preliminary document in time for the June 2-5 World Future Society assembly. @ovERNMENT ) The Washington State Office of Community Development has assigned an Energy Affairs Assistant (EAA) to each Community Action Agency in the 13 counties of the state. Their job is to do a state-wide inventory of home winterization (i.e., getting ready for cold weather) needs of low-income, fixed income, senior citizens and handicapped persons, and then, with the State Office of Energy Management, provide services and technical assistance to those who need help staying warm, saving energy and saving money. This yearlong program is presently funded by Washington State at $172,000 in anticipation of federal funding to the $100, 000 level through the Community Services Administration-OEO (Region X). The following is a list of EAAs and CAAs in each county. Ask about their booklets on home energy conservation. Aluster "Les" jackson Blue Mountain in Action Council, Inc. 19 East Poplar Walla Walla, Wn. 99362 (509) 529-4980 Benton/Franklin Community Council P.O. Box 2280 Pasco, Wn. 99301 (509) 547-()777 Larry Knight Chelan/Douglas Community Action Council, Inc. 620 Lewis Street Wenatchee, Wn. 98801 (509) 662-6156 Lloyd johnson Clallam/jefferson County Community Action Council, Inc. P.O. Box 553 Port Townsend, Wn. 98368 (206) 385-()776 AI Rose Grays Harbor Community Action Council, Inc. P.O. Box 187 Aberdeen, Wn. 98520 (206) 533-5100 Gregory j. Higgins Grant County Community Action Council, Inc. 60BA East Third Ave. Moses Lake, Wn. 98837 (509) 765-9206 or 754-4052 P.O. Box 777 Soap Lake, Wn. 98851 (office address) Robert McCormick Kittitas County Action Council, Inc. Box 462 Ellensburg, Wn. 98926 (509) 925-1448 Michael West Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Inc. 1208 Broadway Longview, Wn. 98632 (206) 425-3430 Clint Lougheed Mason/Thurston Community Action Council 202 Capital Theater Building Olympia, Wn. 98501 (206) 943-7617 Bill Ringrose Okanogan County Community Action Council, Inc. Box 1067 McM:mus Building Okanogan, Wn. 98840 Edward Miers North/East Washington Rural Resource Development Association 219 South Elm Colville, Wn. 99114 (509) 682-2515 jerry Purcell Community Action Council of Snohomish County, Inc. P.O. Box 1185 Everett, Wn. 98206 (206) 252-5141 Thomas Olmstead Whatcom County Opportunity Council P.O. Box 159 Bellingham, Wn. 98225 (206) 734-5121 @ROUPS/ ASSNS) Oregon Environmental Foundation P.O. Box 42113 Pordand,Or.97242 (503) 222-1963 (Carol Fletcher) OEF is the education and research arm of the Oregon Environmental Council. The foundation's goals are to emphasize and support environmental education and research that will help to conserve and protect our environment. To this end, the OEF supports such activities as publishing the handbook To Live With the Earth and the Environmental Bibliography. It also sponsored the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition's "Coastwatch/Oregon," an educational program for Oregon estuarine and shoreline problems. It has purchased the slide/tape presentation of Limits to Growth which the foundation, with the aid of a speaker, shows to any interested group. The first annual environmental excellence award was granted to Bob and Shirley Coffin for their work in recycling. Funding has also been provided for a research study into the effectiveness and advisability of the use of the poison 1080 for predator control. OEF has sponsored other studies and activities and is always seeking more worthwhile projects to fund and support and will help others find funding if OEF can't provide the backing. Supported mostly by volunteers OEF is looking for others to help. (Gay Bower) (NFORMATION ) Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach. $2.75 ($7.95 hardbound) from: Banyan Tree Books 1517 Francisco St. Berkeley, Ca. 94703 This not-so-fictional vision of an ecologically sane future perfectly complements Sharing Smaller Pies (Rain 7). In 1999, newspaper columnist Will Weston is granted permission to visit and report on life in Ecotopia, the states of Washington, Oregon and Northern California, which became independent in 1980. We read his personal diary interspersed with articles on what he finds . .. ritual war games, community ownership and production in factories and farms, dependence on solar and solar-based energy systems, total recycling, an attention to trees and reforestation which borders on tree worship. 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